Paul A. Gosar
Republican · AZ-9 · U.S. House
Bio
Paul Anthony Gosar is an American politician and former dentist serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. Representing Arizona’s 9th congressional district since 2023, he previously represented the 4th district (2013–2023) and the 1st district (2011–2013). He is a member of the Republican Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 15.6 years
- First took office
- 2011 (8 terms)
- Seniority
- 81 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 67
- Goodyear, AZ · 623-707-0530
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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Caucuses & committees
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Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
- Freedom Caucusstrongly right · 31 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
The Great Antifa HoaxLast July 4, a group of 11 protesters, among them a middle school teacher and a UPS worker, held what they called a “noise demonstration” outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Center in the town of Alvarado, Texas, about 30 mi…
The New Republic · May 3, 2026- New Records Reveal FBI Cooked Up Another Fake Investigation To Spy On Republicans
Months after opening Rampart Twelve, the FBI and DOJ still had no evidence to indicate that Lauren Boebert and Paul Gosar were guilty of the allegations against them. Partisan prosecutors at the Biden administration’s Department of Justice charged forward wit…
Freerepublic.com · April 22, 2026 
Liberal media silent as Senate proves FBI spied on GOP without evidence as soon as Biden was presidentSen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has obtained new documents revealing that the Biden FBI's targeting of GOP lawmakers in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, protests was not limited to Operation Arctic Frost but was rather "part of a pattern of political weaponization.…
TheBlaze · April 21, 2026
It’s Time For Congress To End OPT And Put American Workers FirstBy Rep. Paul Gosar via The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 For too long, Washington has allowed a massive, unauthorized foreign guest-worker pipeline to operate outside the law, undercut American students, and expose our nation to significant economic and na…
Biztoc.com · December 12, 2025
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